Planned construction projects including the new Dunedin Hospital could pull people into a city already in dire need of improved housing stock. Photo: ODT filesSalvation Army Dunedin community ministries manager David McKenzie said New Zealand’s perfect storm in housing was also battering low-income earners in the South. Dunedin was definitely worse off this year than last and more social housing had to be built, Mr McKenzie said. Salvation Army social housing director Greg Foster outlined the issue in a post-election briefing to Housing Minister Megan Woods. Rents and the price of affordable housing were likely to continue to rise faster than incomes, and the social housing waiting list would grow, he said.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 06, 2020 15:33 UTC